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Ron Paul has differentiated himself from his Republican rivals again, this time by opting not to join the chorus that is relentlessly attacking Mitt Romney. While Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have been more than eager to assail Romney for his much-publicized fire people gaffe and time spent at Bain Capital, Paul has thrown the GOP frontrunner a life raft.
According to CNN, Paul decried Romneys critics for unfairly attacking the former Massachusetts governor for remarks that were taken out of context. Paul added that those who are criticizing Romney for his time at the venture capital company dont understand the free market.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/3890
Klukie
(2,237 posts)"Paul added that those who are criticizing Romney for his time at the venture capital company dont understand the free market."
No Ron..we understand it. We don't agree with it!!!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)believes anything, no matter how horendous and destructive,under free market is ok. What a jerk.
nonoxy9
(236 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)yardwork
(61,712 posts)Maybe Ron Paul doesn't understand that.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)I'm not sure Newt will get one.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)The Last Democrat
(73 posts)......don't want to get left out. LOL....he'll do anything to stay in close.
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)Doing Gods work or something.
Don
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)He lists among Paul's progressive virtues the value of being "against corporate welfare." Well, he's not against it because he thinks unbridled corporate power is unhealthy for the country and hurts people. It's because he wants the true beauty and valor of his cherished free market to shine strong on its own, like some mighty Atlas (and also because he doesn't want the government giving welfare to anyone, especially the poor or disabled).
ProSense
(116,464 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I don't know why anybody would be confused about this. Libertarianism is the religion of these fucking capitalist creeps.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"I don't know why anybody would be confused about this"
...it has to do with the fact that some so-called progressives are trying to convince people that a RW libertarian, fascist, corporate tool has some "progressive" views.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Lawlbringer
(550 posts)How will St Paul's supporters react? Will they continue to lay into Romney, or echo Fearless Leader's sentiment? I'm curious to see.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"How will St Paul's supporters react? Will they continue to lay into Romney, or echo Fearless Leader's sentiment? I'm curious to see.
...still waiting for those who see anything "progressive" in Paul's views to react.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)REVOLUSHUN!!!
What a clone!!! YOU'RE JUST LIKE ALL THE REST, WEIRD EYE!!
maximusveritas
(2,915 posts)Makes you wonder what Romney has done to earn Paul's allegiance, both in attacking his rivals and defending him from their attacks.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Romney can't get the teabagger vote but Paul thinks he can.
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)courtesy to the president, when his fellow contenders tell lies and misquote or misinterpret quotes about him.
Although it is consistent with his worship of the mythical "free market". I would imagine that if you asked Paul, he would be willing to state that you should be able to fire people from your company for being black, for showing up late, or for whatever else you might desire. Its your company, after all.
I think Paul is the one who may not understand. We get the "Free Market". We also understand that it is a myth, an impossibility, given human nature it would devolve into tyranny of one sort or another. But even if we did not have that as a baseline, we have decided to care about other people, thus making it impossible for us to support a system that even in its most idealistic form would see many of them suffer and die for the sake of other people retaining more rights to property.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)Bird Brain Paul and Chainsaw Mitt, Libertarian Corporate Polluter and Corporate Raider stealing our jobs for profits!!
florida08
(4,106 posts)In 2006 he was the only republican to vote against helping Katrina victims, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800966_pf.html
"Is bailing out people that chose to live on the coastline a proper function of the federal government?" he asks. "Why do people in Arizona have to be robbed in order to support the people on the coast?" RP
Last year when a vote was held to end big oil subsidies he voted against it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/01/951571/-House-GOP-votes-unanimously-to-protect-big-oil-subsidies
(Roll call) http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll153.xml
He says one thing a does another..typical